catfish

FREQ #15129

n. 鲶鱼

发音

AU /ˈkætfɪʃ/

词形变化

catfishes 复数 catfishes 三单 catfishing 现在分词 catfished 过去式 catfished 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

    鲶鱼

    鲇形目

    塘虱

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.

    可数 不可数
  3. 1.

    Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.

  4. 2.

    Such a false profile.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fish for catfish.

    不及物

    I only use this rod for catfishing.

  2. 1.

    To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).

    俚语 及物

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词源

From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”).

来源:wiktionary